information-theoretic death
Definitions
The point at which a person's unique memories and individual personality traits are no longer present in a form that could be read or inferred by future technologies; the complete loss of the information that defines an individual.
Examples
“Information-theoretic death occurs several hours following clinical death. Dying is a process⟳, and in the ideal case cryonics intervention procedures begin⟳ immediately after the heart stops beating and prior to brain death.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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